, UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, Paris, October 2002

, UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, Paris, October 2002 Automobiles, Bananas, Courses, Degrees… An ABC of Higher Education and Globalisation John Daniel Assistant Director-General for Education

, “That the wide diffusion of culture, and the education of humanity for justice and liberty and peace are indispensable to the dignity of man and constitute a sacred duty which all nations must fulfil in a spirit of mutual assistance and concern.”

, For these reasons, the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal opportunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined to develop and increase the means of communication between their peoples and to employ these means for the purposes of mutual understanding and a truer and more perfect knowledge of each other’s lives.

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, UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education

, UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education Goals: - A forum for discussion

, For these reasons, the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal opportunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined to develop and increase the means of communication between their peoples and to employ these means for the purposes of mutual understanding and a truer and more perfect knowledge of each other’s lives.

, UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education Goals: - A forum for discussion - Guidance for the UNESCO programme

Some basic principles:

- Who are the stakeholders?

Some basic principles: - Who are the stakeholders? GOVERNMENTS

Some basic principles: - Who are the stakeholders? GOVERNMENTS CITIZENS (the excluded)

Some basic principles: - Who are the stakeholders? GOVERNMENTS CITIZENS (the excluded) ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES

Some basic principles: - Who are the stakeholders? - Higher education as a public good

, For these reasons, the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal opportunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined to develop and increase the means of communication between their peoples and to employ these means for the purposes of mutual understanding and a truer and more perfect knowledge of each other’s lives.

Some basic principles: - Who are the stakeholders? - Higher education as a public good

‘ Higher education should be considered a public service. While diversified sources of funding, private and public, are necessary; public support for higher education and research remains essential to ensure a balanced achievement of its educational and social missions.’ (World Conference on Higher Education – 1998)

Some basic principles: - Who are the stakeholders? - Higher education as a public good - New need not be bad

THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE A diploma for the last two years of secondary school designed and managed by a non-governmental organisation. It is followed by pupils in 1000 schools in 100 countries.

BRITAIN’S TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES Quality Rankings of Teaching based on all subject assessments (Times Higher Educational Supplement, August 2002) 1YORK 2CAMBRIDGE 3 OXFORD 4WARWICK 5LOUGHBOROUGH 6= THE OPEN UNIVERSITY 6=ESSEX 8LANCASTER 9 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 10LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX (USA) A successful accredited university operated for profit.

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY - Teaching at a distance (public sector) THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX - Operated commercially for profit THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE - Operated by a non-profit NGO New concepts in Higher Education (new need not mean bad)

Some basic principles: - Who are the stakeholders? - Higher education as a public good - New need not be bad

, UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, Paris, October 2002 Automobiles, Bananas, Courses, Degrees… An ABC of Higher Education and Globalisation John Daniel Assistant Director-General for Education

We are engaged in a great conceptual war, testing whether our university, or any university so conceived and dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. With apologies to Abraham Lincoln

The International Agencies “horses for courses”

STARTING FROM WHERE WE ARE Possible directions: - Degree recognition conventions

STARTING FROM WHERE WE ARE Possible directions: - Degree recognition conventions - Quality assurance

BRITAIN’S TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES Quality Rankings of Teaching based on all subject assessments (Times Higher Educational Supplement, August 2002) 1YORK 2CAMBRIDGE 3 OXFORD 4WARWICK 5LOUGHBOROUGH 6= THE OPEN UNIVERSITY 6=ESSEX 8LANCASTER 9 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 10LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

STARTING FROM WHERE WE ARE Possible directions: - Degree recognition conventions - Quality assurance - Guides to good practice

, UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education